List of things I love:
• my family friends
• the wind on my face from a car window
• shaking my hands when they’re sweaty
• when a book starts to feel like a film in your head
• dancing without rhythm
• long flowing skirts hiked up over my knees
• reading letters addressed to someone else
• sudden sparks from outlets
• being out of breath
• running in fields of long grass
• colourful lace up boots with patterns
• hand sewing with blue thread
• the slight blur of words when reading without glasses
• people calling out my name with a smile in their voice
• threads in my socks coming undone
• laughing until it hurts
• rolling down soft hills with my brother
• “you’re a spark in the dark, and my clothes have caught a flame. You should feel how I feel when somebody says your name.”
• quiet girls laughing without shame
• the sound of bangles when I gesture with my hands
• paperback books and the wear on the spine
• yellowing paper from people touching it
• slot machines with toys
• yelling without anger and you can hear the excitement
• holding hands and hugging out of no where
• squealing and jumping up and down
• drawing the same characters over and over
• seeing yourself in your favourite media
• jorts
• talking about crushes
• glass containers with cold fruit inside
• hearing others speak their first language
• thrifted ties with weird designs
• clear umbrellas in the heavy rain
• loud boisterous voices that echo
• bright multicoloured hair
• pink mary-jane converse
• joking around with a boy without feeling a power imbalance
• flinching away when my hands touch the campfire
• friends from far away
• tying ties wrong but they still look good
• “you come around, I’m ruined”
• Peter b Parker’s ‘bread’ apology to MJ
